Ah, this does simplify my life. Before there were two entities I wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole, now they’re one and the same.

Um, although I don’t want to cast aspersions based on my own ignorance — who the hell even is Anthony Martino? Is this his first shot at actually making money off his music, by suing a nonprofit?

I will say I did the most basic research into the guy, and according to his wikipedia entry his songs have been featured in some TV shows. Wikipedia also notes that “It is proposed that this article be deleted because of the following concern:lack of notability. Tony seems to have created pages for himself and related projects”, so draw your own conclusions.

Just don’t. If you can’t be arsed making a slideshow yourself, don’t expect others to bother watching it.

It’s a fairly light and noncommittal piece, but yes. They do get into Ferengi at some length.

Yes, you can clearly track what this writers room thought was cool twenty years ago.

Yeah, when it was in Buffy, in 2001.

An archive of Aczel’s Audio critic magazine and online articles is available here: https://www.biline.ca/audio_critic/audio_critic.htm

A Birmingham-based therapy site seems like an odd source for an essay on a 70 years old avantgarde movement, but whatever gets you into the Situationists, I guess 🙂

At least now “The chase” will be halfway complete /s

When you add it up, what amounts to more than two full seasons from the show’s formative years are missing. I remain optimistic, but even I don’t think all of that will ever be recovered.

This production does toe the specific line of “do not copy a substantial part of the Doctor Who TV programmes or other official Doctor Who content such as […] photography.”

But again, it’s being used in a transformative way to create a new context, so it is in a gray area in terms of general IP law, where the threshold of originality supercedes derivation.

Well, that was worth all the narrative setup mechanics from last episode! Everybody else here has already mentioned the highlights of the finale, I will only applaud the resolution to Braka’s staged court drama.

That felt so arch Trek, reasoning their way out of an impossible pinch, by listening to the adversary first. It was clever, but not contrived writing, and it fit the overall themes of the season perfectly.

This show really pulled the rug from under me from day one, and it hasn’t let up much since the pilot. Now, how long do we have to wait for s2? New Short Treks release to fill the gap when?

This is hugely important, and good to hear it’s going that way. As established Trek viewership enters our “extinction period” (ie., middle age and beyond), it’s super important that the show reaches new demographics.

Follow-up re: BBC policy. Found this FAQ page that I assume has current information on the broadcaster’s demands for fan-produced work.

Are fans allowed to create Doctor Who fiction, artwork, videos and performances?

The BBC welcomes and encourages people to use Doctor Who as inspiration for their own original creative works and loves that the brand has so many engaged and passionate fans.

The BBC has no objection to fans creating and publishing their own Doctor Who inspired fiction, artwork, videos, performances or other content, but requests that these:

• Take inspiration from Doctor Who, but do not copy a substantial part of the Doctor Who TV programmes or other official Doctor Who content such as scripts, books, magazines, artwork or photography.
• Avoid use of the official Doctor Who or BBC logos.
• Are not presented in a way as to suggest or confuse viewers into believing that the fan creations are ‘official’ Doctor Who content, or are endorsed by or associated with the BBC, and – where possible – add a clear and visible disclaimer stating that the content is fan-made and un-official, and are the work of an individual or individuals and not an organisation or company.

Why are these restrictions in place?

The BBC have put these measures in place to ensure that Doctor Who’s image, storylines and values are protected so that audiences can enjoy a consistent experience of the brand and its universe and protects the works of the many different creatives who have worked on the show.

In addition, the making of Doctor Who is funded with support from BBC Studios, who invests a percentage of the revenue it makes from commercial opportunities back into the BBC. Consequently, individuals that seek to make money from the brand without permission put at risk the commercial opportunities open to BBC Studios and, ultimately, the future investment into Doctor Who.

That stage direction goes very well with your Rayner profile pic, tbh 🤣

AFAIK the BBC looks the other way as long as there is no profit motive. After all, there has been a lot of fan works keeping interest in the show alive during fallow years.

[Edit: Not to mention fandom sound recordings and recreations of lost episodes. Before the authorised animations, those were the only way to experience the serials the BBC junked.]

They also seem to have lifted footage from Foundation to have Terrence Mann appear as Rassilon, which just might be a legal snag. But I’m not going to alert Apple’s rights department if you won’t.

Could be my mistake. There is nothing on Memory Alpha about it.

Edit: According to IMDb, they’re really Centaurian slugs, and it’s not a flat-top:

The Centuarian Slugs that are cooking in the wok on Q’onos are featured in The Wrath of Khan (put in Chekhov’s ear) and J.J.Abrams Star Trek (Down Pike’s mouth by Nero).

Was it in the S1 finale of Discovery we saw some “Conspiracy” crawlies sizzling on a flat-top grill at the Qo’nos marketplace? No wonder they were pissed off a 100+ years later.

When an old enemy resurfaces as an existential threat to the Federation, Nahla must outwit a vengeful foe with a personal vendetta against her.

Assuming this isn’t just an “AI” hallucinated word salad, this really sounds like a twofer on the bad guy front.

“Old enemy”/“existential threat” would be Braka and his mines, right? But “vengeful foe with a personal vendetta” against Ake could be a confirmation that Anisha is an opponent. Tying back neatly with the episode 1 double trial against her and Nus, headed by Ake.

That’s a bit far fetched… I love it and I’m rooting for your take.

Yeah, given they are currently complete strangers unable to see past their respective memory of each other… I could see her up and leave. A life on the run probably taught her to cut her losses. Same goes for Caleb, really.